Bill evashwick, senior vice-president
 
Bill Evashwick oversees all television production for Traveling Light.  He is currently Executive Producing the A&E Biographies on Dolly Parton and NASCAR and developing a television series for Discovery.  As well as Executive Producer, Bill has served in the capacities of writer, producer, and director for A&E Biographies under the Traveling Light banner including the Emmy nominated John Travolta Biography and the CINE Golden Eagle winning Biographies of Kevin Costner, The Rock, Sylvester Stallone, and Bruce Willis, and the Telly Award winning Biographies of Richard Gere and Val Kilmer.  He was also Executive Producer on The Crash of Flight 191 (winner of the CINE Golden Eagle, Telly and New York Festivals awards) and Secrets of the Black Box:  Flight 007 (Telly Award winner), both for the History Channel.  His first production for Traveling Light was Probable Cause, a series of specials for the Travel Channel/Discovery.

Prior to joining the company, Bill wrote and produced the nationally syndicated children’s show Just Imagine.   He garnered Cable Ace Award Nominations for Best Comedy Special for two of his Showtime Networks specials, Deep Dish TV and Deep Fried TV. 

Bill branched from comedy to the world of reality television with the classic Fox Special When Good Pets Go Bad, as well as The World’s Deadliest Sea Creatures for ABC and the inaugural season of NBC’s World’s Most Amazing Videos. 

Bill has won four National Telly Awards for his Musical Variety Productions featuring artists such as Ice Cube, Dove Shack, and Tha Twinz.  During the Dot Com Boom of the late 90s, he was hired as senior producer for BreakTV to write, produce and direct short-form content for streaming video.

He began his career performing improv comedy, which led to working on feature films as an actor and writer.  His feature credits include You Can’t Hurry Love, Limit Up, Video Valentino, Playing Patti and And She Was (currently in post-production).

Bill’s background in children’s programming led to his involvement in teen and child health issues.  He served on the board of the Center for Healthcare Innovation teen and child health initiative.  His most recent book, Promoting Teen Health:  Linking Schools, Health Organizations and Community, is available from Sage Publications.